France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.13%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Aerospace & Defense , Gas & Water and Support Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR ), which rose 2.57% or 0.36 points to trade at 14.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW ) added 1.43% or 1.02 points to end at 72.46 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB ) was up 1.05% or 0.82 points to 79.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ), which fell 1.79% or 2.35 points to trade at 128.80 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR ) declined 1.24% or 1.74 points to end at 138.82 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ) was down 0.91% or 0.10 points to 10.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which rose 4.42% to 4.16, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF ) which was up 4.10% to settle at 8.22 and Spie SA (EPA:SPIE ) which gained 3.81% to close at 36.50.

The worst performers were Nexity (EPA:NEXI ) which was down 2.81% to 9.67 in late trade, Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE ) which lost 1.96% to settle at 8.99 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which was down 1.82% to 39.65 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 246 to 211 and 123 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 24.10 to $2,536.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.77 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 1.46 to trade at $77.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.58.

Source: Investing.com